The documents, which were found in the National Archives recently by the PFC detail concerns that technical data highlighting the lethal nature of rubber bullets might be exposed in the legal case for compensation being taken on behalf of Derry schoolboy Richard Moore who was blinded by a rubber bullet.
In April 1982, 11 year old Stephen Mc Conomy was struck by a plastic bullet fired by a British soldier on the streets of Derry and was killed. A year earlier, another young boy,15 year old Paul Whitters, was shot by an RUC officer- again by plastic bullet and again, on the streets of Derry. He died ten days later...
Over the past 10 days the families of Stephen Mc Conomy and Paul Whitters have reflected on the anniversaries of their tragic deaths. On Tuesday the Journal highlighted the failure of the British Army to provide medical evidence to the Government appointed Medical Committee whose responsibility it was to advise Ministers on the risks posed by plastic bullets. Within weeks...
